Emperor (moon crater)
Emperor | ||
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Kaiser (bottom right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 36.53 ° S , 6.45 ° O | |
diameter | 53 km | |
depth | 1060 m | |
Card sheet | 112 (PDF) | |
Named after | Frederik Kaiser (1808–1872) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Kaiser is an impact crater in the south of the front of the moon , southeast of the Mare Nubium , north of the Stöfler crater and southeast of Walther . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded, the interior largely flat.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 36.4 ° S , 7.22 ° E | 20 km | [1] |
B. | 36.65 ° S , 5.46 ° E | 6 km | [2] |
C. | 36.6 ° S , 9.6 ° E | 12 km | [3] |
D. | 37.09 ° S , 7.3 ° O | 4 km | [4] |
E. | 34.95 ° S , 7.07 ° O | 5 km | [5] |
R. | 34.34 ° S , 7.09 ° O | 3 km | [6] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Dutch astronomer Frederik Kaiser .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .